Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
Active Directory Application Mode
Installing an LDAP server is not part of the default IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express installation, so install, setup, and configure the Microsoft® Active Directory Application Mode separately. You can install the Active Directory Application Mode on the same machine as WebSphere Portal Express or you can install it on a remote machine.
- Installing Active Directory Application Mode
If necessary, use the information in this file to install Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode so that you can set up and configure Active Directory Application Mode as the LDAP server for IBM WebSphere Portal Express. - Creating required LDAP users and groups
Before you can configure IBM WebSphere Portal Express to work with the LDAP server, the LDAP user registry must have some minimal user and group information already populated. This section describes the procedures necessary to set up the LDAP server to work with WebSphere Portal Express. - Setting up Active Directory Application Mode
Use the information in this topic to set up Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode as your LDAP server. - Disabling global security
Choose one of the following methods to disable IBM WebSphere Application Server global security. - Configuring Active Directory Application Mode
You can choose to configure your LDAP to support one-realm (non-realm support) or multiple realms (realm support). - Verifying LDAP
After setting security with LDAP, use this information to verify that your LDAP server for IBM WebSphere Portal Express has been properly configured. - Setting up LDAP over SSL to Active Directory Application Mode
Configure your Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode over SSL to ensure the confidentiality of the data exchanged between WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Express, and your LDAP user registry.